Going rate for a web developer?

GhostfaceKillah

I've been developing web apps for a few years now, but this time - i'll be getting paid. What is the going rate for web developers? Is it priced hourly? Or estimated for an overall project?

p

GhostfaceKillah wrote: »

I've been developing web apps for a few years now, but this time - i'll be getting paid. What is the going rate for web developers? Is it priced hourly? Or estimated for an overall project?

There is no 'going rate' it depends on how good your work is, what experience you have and what level of service you deliver.

People both price hourly and for total project depending of various factors which you'll find out with a quick Google.

GhostfaceKillah

p wrote: »

There is no 'going rate' it depends on how good your work is, what experience you have and what level of service you deliver.

People both price hourly and for total project depending of various factors which you'll find out with a quick Google.

Well i'm about to begin my final year of a computer science degree next year in college, so i have no qualifications as of yet. Basically its a beginner rate. I mean, i was going to charge ~€20 an hour but it's difficult to make estimates when i've no previous work to compare it to

Goodshape

GhostfaceKillah wrote: »

Well i'm about to begin my final year of a computer science degree next year in college, so i have no qualifications as of yet. Basically its a beginner rate. I mean, i was going to charge ~€20 an hour but it's difficult to make estimates when i've no previous work to compare it to

A lot depends on your skill, experience and the project at hand.

~€20 / hour is a reasonable starting point. Whether you go slightly up or slightly down from there depends on how good you are.

In terms of pricing per hour or per project, usually - for project based work - the client will be looking for a per-project quote. Separate the work out into blocks (design, css/html, content creation, development, integration, testing) and estimate yourself the time this will take you; build a price on that based on your decided hourly rate.

damienmcd

GhostfaceKillah wrote: »

Well i'm about to begin my final year of a computer science degree next year in college, so i have no qualifications as of yet. Basically its a beginner rate. I mean, i was going to charge ~€20 an hour but it's difficult to make estimates when i've no previous work to compare it to

I think you would be better off making up a few mock-up brochure websites in your own time and working out how long they took.
Then you can apply an hourly charge that you think your work would command and apply as you see fit.
I do simple brochure websites for around €150 + whatever the hosting and domain name costs.

Goodshape

damienmcd wrote: »

I do simple brochure websites for around €150 + whatever the hosting and domain name costs.

Do you have any examples of what you can do for €150? Seems very low for any form of website.

At 20/hour that's 7.5 hours for concept, design, development, integration, testing and launch... and that doesn't leave time for back-and-forth with the client. Seems remarkably good value.

p

GhostfaceKillah wrote: »

I mean, i was going to charge ~€20 an hour but it's difficult to make estimates when i've no previous work to compare it to

That seems fine for the level you're at right now.